Ingredient dictionary
Corn malt on a food label: allergens, diets and other names
Corn malt is a kind of corn. Whether it carries an allergen depends on how it was made. It is vegan. Open Food Facts finds it in 98 products, most often in breakfast cereals.
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Does corn malt contain an allergen?
It depends on how it was made. Open Food Facts does not link corn malt to an allergen, and Bravoora’s label checker does not read the name as one. The label must name any allergen it carries.
Is corn malt vegan?
Yes. Corn malt is vegan and vegetarian: Open Food Facts records nothing from an animal in it.
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What other names does corn malt have on a label?
On European labels it is “malt de maïs” in French, “Maismalz” in German and “malto di mais” in Italian. The other 3 languages are listed below.
- French
- malt de maïs
- German
- Maismalz
- Italian
- malto di mais
- Portuguese
- malte de milho
- Finnish
- maissimallasta, maissimallas
- Croatian
- kukuruzni slad
Which foods contain corn malt?
Open Food Facts lists corn malt in the ingredients of 98 products, most often breakfast cereals, biscuits and cakes and bread. Most of them are sold in France, Germany and the United States.
Products with it, by country of sale: France 37 · Germany 30 · United States 23 · Italy 12.
Counted on 13 October 2026 from the Open Food Facts product database, which volunteers fill from real packs: it shows where corn malt turns up, not how much of the market it is.
What kind of ingredient is corn malt?
In the Open Food Facts ingredient tree, corn malt sits under corn and malt.
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An allergen is stated only when two of three checks agree: the Open Food Facts record, Bravoora’s label checker, and the ingredient’s own name or family (oat flour is oats, a cheese is milk). Every name where they disagree waits for a person to review it.
- Open Food Facts: Corn malt
- Open Food Facts: ingredients taxonomy (names, family tree, allergen and vegan flags), ODbL
- Open Food Facts: product database, 4,535,553 products, read 13 October 2026, ODbL
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